WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 2007

STATE 4A TOURNAMENTIf this continues – and Lake Stevens has shown nothing to make you think it will rally – the four Greater Spokane League representatives will have gone 4-0 – and the six East Side teams will be 6-0.The first three GSL teams all...

STATE 4A TOURNAMENTWhen facing the Ferris High match-up zone, an offensive player is often times surprised by where the defense comes from.A clear pass clearly isn't. An open lane to the hoop is suddenly closed. A one-on-one dribble turns into a double team. And the...

STATE 4A TOURNAMENTState 4A boys' tournament games are notoriously physical. But the Ferris Saxons lead 12-9 after one quarter in their opener in one of the more physical games you'll see, no matter the venue.The teams played almost seven minutes before a foul was called...

STATE 4A TOURNAMENTWhen was the last time you were at a girls' high school basketball game and the teams combined for 41 points in a quarter?But that's exactly what Mead and Jackson did in the opening quarter of their tournament opener with the Panthers scoring...

STATE 4A TOURNAMENTWelcome to Tacoma. Your question of the day: What do the Tacoma Dome and the Coliseum in Rome have in common? Neither have wireless access. Actually, I'm not sure about the Coliseum.That's why this post is so late.The Lewis and Clark Tigers opened...

TUESDAY, FEB. 27, 2007

EAGLESThe Eastern Eagles' basketball season is over, what with Montana State getting pounded at Idaho State (the Associated Press story is on the full story link below).You can also read Dave Trimmer's opinion on his blog.Maybe there is such a thing as karma. The Eagles...

NEWSThe next time I'll post it will be from Tacoma. Between now and then I'm going to be doing all those things we all do when were on the road for five days.So if you have any comments or questions about anything posted today or...

PREPS, CONT. …Now the second part of the prep post …The All-Greater Spokane League basketball teams have been picked by the league's coaches. The Spokesman-Review has always respected the GSL's embargo date, that is, the day the awards are to be made public. That date...

COUGARSThis year isn't over, so WSU is taking its cue from Yogi Berra. There are still two Pac-10 games to play, so they still have a chance for a piece of the title, despite the banana-peel pratfall in Eugene.Maybe the Cougs can take heart from...

MONDAY, FEB. 26, 2007

BULLDOGS, 74-64Micah Downs came through and so did the Pepperdine Waves. Thanks to those two performances - Downs had a career-high 20 points in GU's win and the Waves defeated Santa Clara 89-82 in overtime - Gonzaga is the West Coast Conference regular-season champion and...

TIED AT 32Does everyone know now what Ross DeRogatis looks like? He's the guy with the really short hair who was introduced with his family before the game.You know the guy I'm talking about, right, the one the announcer at the Jenny Craig Pavilion described...

BULLDOGS, 17-11It's Senior Night at the Jenny Craig Pavilion and no matter how good or bad a team is, on Senior Nights, teams are tough. After playing years and years with your senior teammates, no junior or sophomore or even a freshman wants to let...

BULLDOGS, PREGAMEIf you watched the first meeting this year between Gonzaga and the University of San Diego, you saw the Zags win, if not easily, at least not with a lot of strain.The Zags jumped out early, led by eight at halftime and breezed to...

COLUMNSNeed a laugh? I sure do. It seems like everything I've posted this morning has been a downer.So click on this link to John Blanchette's column. After you read his nominations, let me know which of the movies John mentioned you would award the Oscar....

PIRATESWhy are the Whitworth Pirates hated by the NCAA?No, why are West Coast teams hated by the NCAA Division III?The answers to both of those questions come down to one word: money.The NCAA hates spending it, but when the Pirates – or any West Coast...

PREPSNobody came out of the State 2B basketball draw complaining of outrageous fortune, but there are some interesting early round matchups.Jessica Brown takes a look at the first-ever tournament, which starts Wednesday in the Arena.She also has a report on the 1A draw, which features...

SUNDAY, FEB. 25, 2007

COUGARSEasy it wasn't. But what is there in life that means anything that comes easy? OK, you over there with the Lotto ticket, sit down. We're talking reality here, not fantasy, and the reality is WSU won another Pac-10 basketball game.And yes, it was a...

SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 2007

EAGLES, 80-72 UPDATED: SUNDAY 8:20 A.M.It was another night and another Bee Gees' chorus. Eastern stayed alive in the Big Sky Conference postseason hunt thanks to a home win over Sacramento State.After Sac State had taken its only second-half lead at 67-65, Marcus Hinton scored...

PIRATES, 69-62 UPDATED: SUNDAY 8:20 A.M.Whitworth defeated visiting Lewis and Clark on Saturday to raise its record to 23-3 and ensure a trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs for the first time since 2003.•UPDATE: Here is our game story that ran in Sunday's S-R.Senior...

BULLDOGS, 86-79Former Gonzaga coach Dan Fitzgerald, the godfather of GU's current success, used to have a saying, a mantra if you will.Play hard. And play smart.The last part seemed to be missing for the Zags today in their 86-79 West Coast Conference win over host...

BULLDOGS, 38-34The F in USF isn't usually a high percentage shot. But when Derek Raivio can bury a 3-pointer from that spot to end the half, it certainly is.Other than that exciting end to the first 20 minutes, there's not a lot to say at...

BULLDOGSIt's not often games between two conference teams played less than a month apart would feature so many personnel changes.But that's the case today when Gonzaga faces USF. These two teams have changed greatly since the Zags' 72-56 win Jan. 27 in Spokane.Gonzaga's evolution has...

COLLEGE BASKETBALLThere are four important basketball games today, with the Gonzaga game probably having the least impact on the postseason, if you believe the pundits.The Zags will face USF this afternoon at 12:30 (KXLY-4; 1510-AM) having already clinched at least the second seed in the...

FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 2007

PREPSUniversity and Lewis and Clark's girls basketball team is headed back to state, as is the undefeated Ferris boys.Those berths were decided Friday night at the Con Agra Foods/LambWeston 4A basketball regional in Kennewick's Toyota Center, where the U-Hi girls defeated Mead, 73-54, and LC...

EAGLESDave Trimmer goes through Eastern's Big Sky tourney hopes on his blog, but the story I want to draw Eagle fans eyes to is on SI.CNN.com.It's a piece from Bill Trocchi in which the writer quotes Rodney Stuckey as saying, "I'll probably declare for the...